Are we missing the boat on love? Part 1

After a relationship ends in pain and heartache, it's easy to want to avoid love altogether. We say things like, "I don't ever want to love again. I never want to go through that hell again."

The thing is, closing ourselves to the sharing of love closes us off from the flow of divine life force itself, from the very flow of life through us, and from the most powerful healing energy we have access to. We can't close ourselves off from love and thrive. In fact, closing ourselves off from love can lead to a strange kind of crazy that comes from isolation. It can also threaten our capacity to survive.

Love is what nourishes and sustains our life force so we can thrive. We aren't designed to live without love. Living things that are deprived of love shrivel up and die a sad, slow death. We are organisms that need love to live—love from things like the sun, the rain, food and water, compassion, and community. We thrive on loving words and touches. This is true of all living organisms. Love is what creates, sustains, and nurtures life so it can thrive.

The highest reality is that we are love. We are born from love and we carry love inside of us from the day we are conceived. This pure unadulterated love that is our essence is an infinite flowing stream that we don't have to earn. It fills us and flows out of us to be shared with others. We just have to remove the obstacles that keep us from accessing it.

Yet it seems that few humans have reached a level of spiritual maturity or enlightenment that allows them to access this pure love and share it. Perhaps this is what our life journey here is about—a remembering that takes us back to our origin of pure love itself. In Part 2 of this series, we dive into what disrupts our capacity to express this love.

Remember if we change nothing, nothing changes.